96 Receipt of European News. 



intelligence had been received at Upernivik for 

 nearly twelve months, so that the finding of Living- 

 stone, the death of Napoleon, and the abdication of 

 the King of Spain were all news to Dr. Rudolph, 

 and these, with all other events of recent occurrence 

 that we could remember, were poured into his will- 

 ing ears. When informed of the death of Napoleon, 

 his first exclamation, to our surprise, was, " What 

 will my blacksmith say ? " This man, it appears, 

 who is a Dane, was an ardent and enthusiastic ad- 

 mirer of the late ex-Emperor of the French, whom 

 he reg-arded as the first man of the aa:e. The doc- 

 tor immediately sent for the blacksmith, a fine stal- 

 wart smoke-begrimed looking man, to whom, after 

 the ceremony of shaking hands and drinking port 

 wine (it was about 9 a.m.) with the whole party had 

 been gone through, he imparted the news of the 

 death of the man he all but worshipped. I never 

 saw change come over a man so quickly ; he stared, 

 evidently doubting his own senses, and when the 

 words were repeated, the poor man burst into tears 

 and rushed out of the room. When first seen he 

 was in excellent spirits. 



We walked over the settlement and visited two 

 or three native dwelling-places, which resemble in 

 every particular those at Lievely. The dogs did 

 not seem to be so large or so strong as those of 

 Disco, but they have the same wolfish appearance 

 peculiar to the dog of these regions. 



